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Arne Gabriel Knuuttila

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Arne Gabriel Knuuttila

September 1, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/134193

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

426 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Born:

October 7, 1920
Tantallon, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

September 25, 1941
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Son of John and Ida Knuuttila, of Tantallon, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 178 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

1. K. 3.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Arne Gabriel Knuuttila is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Arne Gabriel Knuuttila is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Arne Gabriel Knuuttila is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Arne Gabriel Knuuttila is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Leader Post October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Arne Gabriel Knuuttila– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Photo of Arne Gabriel Knuuttila
    Photo of Arne Gabriel Knuuttila – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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